Dr. Scott Andrews Rivkees MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
1600 SW Archer Rd Gainesville FL, 32610About
Scott A. Rivkees, MD, earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1982. He completed his residency tra ...
Education and Training
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1982
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 1982
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The biological clock of very premature primate infants is responsive to light.
- Etidronate therapy for hypercalcemia in subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn.
- A1 adenosine receptor activation increases adipocyte leptin secretion.
- Programmed cell death in the developing heart: regulation by BMP4 and FGF2.
- Are A3 adenosine receptors expressed in the brain?
- Management of central diabetes insipidus in infancy with low renal solute load formula and chlorothiazide.
- Developing circadian rhythmicity.
- Dexamethasone treatment of virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia: the ability to achieve normal growth.
- Tissue-specific expression of GTPas RalA and RalB during embryogenesis and regulation by epithelial-mesenchymal interaction.
- Regulation of leptin release and lipolysis by PGE2 in rat adipose tissue.
- Inhibition of cell proliferation in the embryonic myocardium by A1 adenosine receptor activation.
- Ontogeny of humoral heart rate regulation in the embryonic mouse.
- Rho kinases play an obligatory role in vertebrate embryonic organogenesis.
- Arrhythmicity in a child with septo-optic dysplasia and establishment of sleep-wake cyclicity with melatonin.
- A1 adenosine receptor activation inhibits neurite process formation by Rho kinase-mediated pathways.
Awards
- Named One of America's Best Doctors 1998 Keynote speaker, 6th Intl. Sy 1994
Fellowships
- Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Endocrinology 1985
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